Slug or bunch catcher for yarn.



N0: 850,400. v I PATENTED. APR. 16, 1907.

T. J. SANDS.

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Specification. of Letters Patent. v

Patented April 16'. 190'."

Application filed May 23, ms. Renewed Kugust 11, 1906. its in. 330,148.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Tiioiui s J. SANDS, of Utica, in the county of Oneida and State of New York have invented certain new and make and use the'same, reference being had i to the accompanying drawings, and to the .showsone' edge view, and Fig. 6 3

letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specihcation.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved slug or bunch catcher for yarn wherein provision is made for readily and conveniently threading'the device and for removing the bunches and slugs and wherein niovision is made for adjustments for diiierent sizes of yarn in an efficient and convenient way. p

' In the drawings, Figure 1 shows a perspec- Fig. 2

tive view of my device in operation. shows the same in the position which the parts assume when a bunch or slug has been caught. Fig. Sis a side elevation of the device. Fig. 4 shows the opposite sideelevation from that shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 the other edge view, ofthe device.

. Referring to the reference letters and figures in a more particular descri )tion, 1. indicatesthe frame or body of. the evioe, which ispreferably formed of sheet material and at the lower end \vith. a slotted arm or part 1, by {means of which the device may be secured in position for use. The arm shown in the drawings extends in a vertical direction,

although it may be made to extendin a horizontal di'rectionor in any other way to suitably mount the device for use. The body or frame part is provided at one side with an angular wall portion 1., which supports the yarn-guide eye 2, and the same is provided with a l-shaped opening 3, permitting the ready introduction of the yarn into the de vice.

The bunchratcher 4 is pivoted at 5 and eccentric to the pivot is provided with. a

toothed face 4*, over or immediately above which the yarn is drawn. Over the rear portion of the toothed face is located when in normal working position an opposing; memher which, shown, consists of a roller 6,

! mounted on a pivot to rotate freely. The

I pivot of the roller 6 is secured in the swinging end of the hanger 7. The hanger 7 is pivoted to the lrame at '8 and 1s provided with side ends to a point substantially in line with the end of the roller 6. On the frame there is provided a stop 10, which limits the move ment of the hanger? in one direction. There may also be provided the stop ll, which hm its the movement of the hanger in the a posite direction. The pivot 5 of the catcher at 12, which carriage is adjusted by means ofa against longitudinal movement and engaging with ears on the carriage. By means of the screw 13 the catcher 4 can be carefully and nicely adjusted in its position with reterence to theface of the roller 6. Its posi' tion can also .be adjusted by screw ,5 in the frame.

In threading the device the yarn can be dropped into the guide-eye through the opening3 and passed around under the roller 6, being guided by the walls 9. The ya d is drawn through the device in the direciion from right to left, as shown in'the drawings. When a slug or hunch presents itself, it will. catch on the test-hot the catcher 4- and move the toothed surface of the catcher in the direction of the movement of the yarn. In so doing the toothed face cams against the roller 6, and the hunch is firmly count. t and held and the yarn will break. The attendant removes the bunch and ties the yarn. and rethreads the device, when its operation will be immediately resumed. .y adjusting the catcher 4 the relative position oi the eye and the opposing; surface or roller in connection with which the yarn runs is not changed or altered. In. removing the bunch or sin that has been caught from the device the attendwalls 9, which are preferably rounded at 2 their upper end and project at their lower is supported in a vertically-movable carriage screw 13, supported in cars on the frame position considerably below what might be ant can readily swing" the roller 6 on the...

tionahle hunches the device might he used in the position shown in Fig. 4.

What I claim as new, and dQSlIG to secure by Letters Batont, is--- 1 in a nlevicc of the oharaotoi' described, 1 the combination oi a pivoted oatohor having a tpothod face eccentric to the pivot, an opposite rotating lnomhsi' mounted to ho telnporarily displaced and -auto1natically returned to its operative position, and a ya nguide-eye aiiangod in advance of tho opening between thefaoe of the catcher and the op po site ncinbos, substantially as forth.

' 2. 'In a device of the (:lMil'iiQlii' (lCSCZllJQ-(l, 5 the comlinnation of a PlVuL-Jil 'oatchor having a toothed lacs eccentric to the pivot, an opposing; lOllf? 1, a swinging hangs? in which tho roller is mounted. to be tolnpoi'atdy (llSDlkLCOfl and automatically rutninod to its opci'ative position, and a yarn-guide cyo a-e-tangcd in advance. of the opening between tho face oi I the catcher and the roller, substantially as I set foi'th.

3. The combination in a bunch-catching (lm'ico for yarn, of main body or Home i supporting a fixed yarn-guidp eye, a pivoted ;hunch-oatchm' having a toothed taco and l means to: adjusting the same toward and 1 from the 'yai'n passing; through tho devico, and a member opposite the face of the bunch- I catcher, a hangol'nin which the opposing niemhoi' is mounted adapted to he moved ten'ipotai'ily out of operative position, suhstanc-iall-y as sot fUftll.

In witness whereof I have affixod my Sig l natuie, in presence of two witmssns, this 14th day ol'May, 1903 \Vitnesses':

l). lVILLAnD Joicns, S ,R. BRowN. 

